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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 1, 2012, 1:31 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Polk County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 2, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2012, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619 WWUS82 KTBW 011731 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 131 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES 35 OR HIGHER... .DRY AIR OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. IN ADDITION...ERC VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 35 OR HIGHER FOR BOTH SARASOTA AND LEE COUNTIES. FLZ060-065-020545- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0032.121102T1700Z-121102T2300Z/ SARASOTA-LEE- 131 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR SARASOTA AND LEE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...SARASOTA...LEE. * WIND...AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
915 WWUS82 KTBW 011753 AAA RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 153 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES 35 OR HIGHER... .DRY AIR OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. IN ADDITION...ERC VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 35 OR HIGHER FOR BOTH SARASOTA AND LEE COUNTIES. FLZ060-065-021100- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0032.121102T1700Z-121102T2300Z/ SARASOTA-LEE- 153 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR... * AFFECTED AREA...SARASOTA...LEE. * WIND...AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
601 WWUS82 KTBW 020759 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 359 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES 35 OR HIGHER FOR THE COUNTIES OF LEE... SARASOTA...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...AND POLK... .DRY AIR OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. IN ADDITION...ERC VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 35 OR HIGHER. FLZ048>050-052-022300- /O.EXA.KTBW.FW.W.0032.121102T1700Z-121102T2300Z/ HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK- 359 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK. * WIND...AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$ FLZ060-065-022300- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0032.121102T1700Z-121102T2300Z/ SARASOTA-LEE- 359 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR... * AFFECTED AREA...SARASOTA...LEE. * WIND...AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
728 WWUS82 KTBW 021749 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 149 PM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES 35 OR HIGHER FOR THE COUNTIES OF LEE... SARASOTA...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...AND POLK... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES 35 OR HIGHER FOR THE COUNTIES OF LEE AND SARASOTA... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION. THIS DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR. A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES OVER 35 ARE EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR LEE AND INLAND SARASOTA COUNTIES. CONDITIONS ARE CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF POLK COUNTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND THIS ZONE WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY WITH FUTURE FORECASTS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ENOUGH BY SUNDAY TO PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. FLZ060-065-031000- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0033.121103T1800Z-121103T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121102T2300Z/ SARASOTA-LEE- 149 PM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF LEE...SARASOTA...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS ...AND POLK... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE COUNTIES OF SARASOTA AND LEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...SARASOTA...LEE. * WIND...5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * ERC...GREATER THAN 35. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$ FLZ048>050-052-022300- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121102T2300Z/ HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK- 149 PM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...AND POLK... * AFFECTED AREA...HERNANDO...PASCO...PINELLAS...POLK. * WIND...5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * ERC...GREATER THAN 35. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.